- SURNAME
Watson
- FORENAME
Frank Greer
- UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (Company G)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
815886
- DATE OF DEATH
8th November 1943
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 34, Site 4815
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 08.01.1925, Virginia, USA
graduated Lincoln High School, Nebraska
15.01.1943 entered service USMC
07.1943 2nd Raider Bn. (Company G)
Next of kin - Father. Captain Frank N. Watson, 1911 Everglades Concourse, Miami Beach, Florida
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Some sources quote date of death 08.1943
DATE OF DEATH:
08-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77790010/frank-g-watsonSERVICE HISTORY:
WATSON, Frank G., Pvt 521/745 SN: 815886
Born: 08 Jan 1925 Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 15 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 1911 Everglades Concourse, Miami Beach, Florida)
Died: 08 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (Section 34, Grave 4815)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Jan 1943 Pvt, HQ, CRD, Chicgo, IL "15, ind at DHS Des Moines, Ia.15, to RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA"15Jan43; 18, jdfr CRD; 15, enl DHS Des Moines, Ia."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, to InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Company B, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Corps Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF
Jul 1943 Pvt, Corps ReplBn, IMAC, FMF "(SS); 1, to 2dMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt"
Company G, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "(SS); 15Jan43; 1, jdfr CorpReplBn, TranC, IMAC"
Company G, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "(SS); 1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "(SS); 8, Killed in Action
Born: 08 Jan 1925 Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 15 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 1911 Everglades Concourse, Miami Beach, Florida)
Died: 08 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (Section 34, Grave 4815)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Jan 1943 Pvt, HQ, CRD, Chicgo, IL "15, ind at DHS Des Moines, Ia.15, to RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA"15Jan43; 18, jdfr CRD; 15, enl DHS Des Moines, Ia."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, to InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Company B, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Corps Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF
Jul 1943 Pvt, Corps ReplBn, IMAC, FMF "(SS); 1, to 2dMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt"
Company G, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "(SS); 15Jan43; 1, jdfr CorpReplBn, TranC, IMAC"
Company G, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "(SS); 1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "(SS); 8, Killed in Action
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